I. Epidemic overview

During the 27th week of 2022, there were a total of 991 cases of 16 kinds of legal infectious diseases reported, and 7 cases died in Beijing. The top five diseases with a large number of cases are Other Infectious Diarrhea, Tuberculosis, Influenza, Syphilis, and Viral Hepatitis, accounting for 83.0% of the total number of cases of legal infectious diseases.

II. Health tips for key epidemic situation

This week, the number of reported cases of legal infectious diseases in Beijing has increased compared with last week, and it is generally at a low level. Intestinal infectious diseases and respiratory infectious diseases were the main reported diseases, the cases of which accounted for 41.6% and 30.6% of the total reported number, respectively.

Summer is the season of high incidence of intestinal infectious diseases. Citizens should adjust diet habit reasonably and avoid eating raw and cold food or undercooked food, and raise personal health awareness by paying attention to personal hygiene, washing hands frequently, and developing good hygiene habits. It is necessary to reduce the frequency of going out for appointments and large-scale gatherings, to eliminate the infection channels, and prevent diseases from entering through the mouth.

At present, the global COVID-19 epidemic continues to rebound, and the BA.5 sub-branch of Omicron is becoming the main epidemic strain in the world. It has caused a local cluster epidemic in China and the prevention and control situation is severe and complicated. Citizens should continue to be vigilant and adhere to the epidemic prevention and control measures. First, close contacts and other personnel in risk who have received calls from CDCs at all levels in other provinces (cities, counties, districts), those who have relevant travel history and who have entered Beijing, and those who have received a pop-up reminder of the Beijing Health Kit, should take the initiative to report immediately to the communities, units, hotels, etc., and cooperate with various prevention and control measures. The second is to carry out nucleic acid testing as required, enter public places after scanning code, measuring temperature, and checking negative nucleic acid result. Third, once symptoms related to COVID-19 such as fever, dry cough, and fatigue occur, it is not suggested to buy or take medicines by yourself, take public transportation, or go to crowded places. The patient should seek medical treatment timely according to regulations.

Please check the epidemic information released by Beijing Municipal Health Commission in time to learn the situation of the COVID-19 cases in Beijing.